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  • [ 4 June 2025 ] Rail regulator recommends improvements in revenue protection Governance
  • [ 4 June 2025 ] Plans for West Yorkshire trams receive major funding boost Governance
  • [ 4 June 2025 ] Lumo awards £50 million contract to enhance and service its Class 222 trains to Alstom Business
  • [ 3 June 2025 ] First Siemens Vectron MS loco handed over to Italian operator RTC Business
  • [ 19 May 2025 ] More trains between Bradford and London following government investment Governance
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HS2 opts for slab track and begins search for suppliers

4 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 2

Now that the government has finally approved the construction of HS2 phase 1 (to Birmingham), the procurement process has started to find the specialist contractors that will deliver around 280km of state-of-the-art track for the […]

Business

Servelec Technologies and Primayer come together as Ovarro

1 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Ovarro is the new name for Servelec Technologies, a leader in remote telemetry units, secure SCADA systems and Data Analytics software, and sister company Primayer, which specialises in leak detection technology. The two companies have […]

Appointments

Darren Leigh takes over chief financial role at Unipart

30 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Darren Leigh has joined Unipart Group, the leading independent manufacturing, logistics and consultancy company, as group chief financial officer. Having previously worked in the rail industry with Freightliner and, before that, gaining experience in the […]

Business

West Midlands signallers turn to local gin distillery for their hand sanitiser.

27 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Signalling staff in the West Midlands and Chilterns area are keeping safe using a new hand sanitiser made by local distillery Piston Gin. The Worcester-based gin distillery turned hand sanitiser producer is helping Network Rail’s […]

Appointments

Rolls-Royce Power Systems appoints new COO

23 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Rolls-Royce Power Systems, the parent company of both MTU Solutions and Bergen Engines, has announced that Otto Preiss has been appointed as its new chief operating officer (COO). MTU’s high-speed diesels power many of today’s […]

Business

Bombardier to install new CBTC signalling for Frankfurt Airport people movers

16 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Bombardier Transportation has signed a ten-year contract with Fraport AG, owner and operator of Frankfurt Airport in Germany, to continue operating and maintaining the people mover system that connects terminals 1 and 2 and to […]

Business

Siemens launches COVID-19 aid fund with CEO personally pledging €1 million

14 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

To help relief organizations and medical facilities worldwide, as well as to individuals impacted by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis, Siemens has set up an aid fund to be administered by its community-serving, non-profit organisation Siemens […]

Business

QTS uses 3D printer to help NHS

10 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

QTS Group, which, in conjunction with Network Rail Scotland’s works delivery team, donated 40 pairs of Bollé safety glasses to the Adult Theatre team at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow last week, is […]

Business

Manufacturing and industry “critical part of our economy” – Alok Sharma

9 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Alok Sharma, Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, has written to all those involved in manufacturing and industry in the UK, thanking them for their work in keeping the economy going. In […]

Business

Harsco commences MMT fleet operations

5 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

April the first – April Fool’s Day. The day that many companies start their financial years and also, therefore, the date that many supply contracts commence. For Harsco Rail, it was the date that it […]

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  • Rail regulator recommends improvements in revenue protection
  • Plans for West Yorkshire trams receive major funding boost
  • Lumo awards £50 million contract to enhance and service its Class 222 trains to Alstom
  • First Siemens Vectron MS loco handed over to Italian operator RTC
  • More trains between Bradford and London following government investment
  • Two new trustees for Railway Benefit Fund
  • Emma Haddow appointed Operations Director at Cementation Skanska
  • Northern City line becomes UK’s first signals-free commuter railway
  • Viaduct upgrade in Cornwall results in higher linespeed and improved reliability
  • A-Train of Sweden orders seven Stadler FLIRT trains for Arlanda airport service
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  • Phil Mortimer: A recent funded R&D project focused on the use of alternatives to steel for the ohl masts. This has several…
  • Nigel: Fully support this restoration from the East Lancashire side,existing infrastructure mostly well built and promises a highly efficient 12 mile…
  • Clive Broadhead: After the undoubtedly achievement of resurrecting the railways in Scotland why are the current NR management he'll bent on squandering…
  • The ORR has reported on its review of revenue protection practices on the railway.
  • Artist's impression of a West Yorkshire tram.
  • Visualisation of a Lumo Class 222 train.
  • The first of six Siemens Mobility Vectron MS locomotive has been handed over to RTC at at the Transport Logistic exhibition 2025 in Munich.
  • The first of six Siemens Mobility Vectron MS locomotive has been handed over to RTC at at the Transport Logistic exhibition 2025 in Munich.
    First Siemens Vectron MS loco handed over to Italian operator RTC
    3 June 2025 0
  • More trains between Bradford and London following government investment
    19 May 2025 0
  • Two new trustees for Railway Benefit Fund
    19 May 2025 0
  • Emma Haddow appointed Operations Director at Cementation Skanska
    19 May 2025 0
  • Northern City line becomes UK’s first signals-free commuter railway
    19 May 2025 0
  • Viaduct upgrade in Cornwall results in higher linespeed and improved reliability
    19 May 2025 0
  • The new FLIRT for A-Train will seat 323 passengers and enter service between Stockholm and Arlanda airport in 2029.
    A-Train of Sweden orders seven Stadler FLIRT trains for Arlanda airport service
    19 May 2025 0
  • Campaigners urge PM to support more cross-Channel rail services
    17 May 2025 0
  •  Plan launched to improve Yorkshire’s rail network
    16 May 2025 0
  • Level crossing closed following “shocking misuse”
    16 May 2025 0
  • Huddersfield Platform 2 extended
    27 December 2019 0
  • Accessibility features on Greater Anglia’s new Class 755 trains put through their paces
    9 August 2019 0
  • Fatal accident on a level crossing at Tibberton, Worcestershire
    10 October 2019 0
  • Chiltern Railways recognised for commitment to excellence
    18 December 2020 0
  • New canopies for St Denys station
    16 November 2020 0
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